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Critically-acclaimed recording artist Pia Toscano, is singing the National Anthem before the start of the Auto Club 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, March 23 at Auto Club Speedway. The race is broadcast at Noon (PT) on FOX. 

Toscano is also performing ‘God Bless America’ during Auto Club Speedway’s “Tribute to Unions and the American Worker” during pre-race festivities.

Toscano made a name for herself as a vocalist with a rich, emotionally transparent voice, clearly influenced by the likes of Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Etta James and Luther Vandross.

Performing since the age of four, Toscano is one of American Idol’s Season 10 front-runners thanks to her powerhouse vocal ability and dark-haired beauty.  She has performed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Ellen, The White House, Dancing With The Stars,  So You Think You can Dance The Disney Channel, and is known as the “Voice of the LA KINGS” singing the National Anthem at their home games at the Staples Center.

Pia recently made her film début opposite AJ Michalka and Kevin Pollak in Lionsgate’s “Grace Unplugged.”

To watch Pia Toscano sing the National Anthem live at Auto Club Speedway, you must have a ticket to NASCAR’s Auto Club 400, March 23.  And to buy a ticket, call 1-800-944-RACE (7223) or visit www.autoclubspeedway.com.